White Rice v.s. Brown Rice?

So what's the difference between the two? I was grocery shopping yesterday and saw that brown rice had less carbs per same size serving. Are the carbs just "better" carbs? i.e. comparing brown rice to like Mac n Cheese/Wonderbread carbs?

Yeah I was looking at the nutritional facts side by side for the same brand of rice and it looked like an unnoticeable amount of increase in fiber and a drop off in carbs with the brown rice. I guess if you're low-carb dieting it you could eat MORE brown rice and be eating "less".

I probably eat too many carbs but right now I really don't care, I'm still lean as fugg and have decent abs so if it stays this way I'll keep on eating my white rice.

For a long time it was thought that the GI levels of brown rice were much lower... However, it turns out that the GI levels are pretty similar and brown rice is only slightly lower on the GI scale. Brown rice is slightly lower, has a little bit more fiber, and a little bit less carbs... Nothing too earth shattering.

Basically, brown is considered "healthier", but in the big picture, macro-nutrient and GI wise, there isn't much difference.

I eat brown rice because honestly, I think it tastes better and it doesn't give me as bad of "food coma" when I eat shit tons of it.

people will say the GI is different and that brown is lower GI but if i remember right that isnt true.

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IIRC it depends on what types your comparing. The white version of one variety may have a lower GI then the brown version of another, but if you compare the same type of rice, most of the time the brown version has a lower GI